Sacramento Kings star De'Aaron Fox spoke highly of rookie guard Davion Mitchell to the media recently, praising the former Baylor star for his two-way ability.

“He's good at anticipating things, he's quick, strong, and then offensively, it goes both ways for him, he uses his strength and his quickness on both sides of the ball, he just has really good instincts,” Fox said, per NBC Sports' Josh Schrock.

Another Kings guard also piped up to praise Mitchell. Tyrese Haliburton, who finished third in Rookie of the Year voting last season, pointed out Mitchell's obsessive work ethic.

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“I think my biggest takeaway is just how hard he works,” Haliburton said of Mitchell. “I'm sure you guys have seen an article or read or whatever that they had to tell him that he can't be in [the Kings' wokout facility]. But he really is here all the time, he lives here it seems like.”

These are quite the compliments, particularly when considering Mitchell is fighting to potentially steal the starting job of one of these guards. He'll no-doubt come off the bench to start the season, and he has a long way to go if he hopes to supplant Haliburton (Fox is essentially out of the question, as he was a borderline All-Star last season). Even so, if his stellar Summer League performance means anything (he was named Co-MVP), he has a legit shot down the line. He profiles as one of the few rookies that actually positively impacts his team, like Haliburton last year.